Go / no-go tasks measure both speed and self-control: you must respond quickly to most cues but hold back for the rare one. Letters flash up one at a time; respond to every letter except X.
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This measures reaction speed paired with response inhibition: acting fast on go signals while holding back on no-go signals. The hard part is the brakes, stopping a response you have already started to make.
Read the letter before pressing, even though the pace is fast. A false alarm on X lowers your balanced accuracy just as much as a missed go letter, so let the check drive the press rather than the other way round. The confirmation takes only a fraction of a second, and a small speed cost per trial is far cheaper than a string of inhibition errors.
Your score averages how often you correctly respond on go letters and correctly hold back on X. Scoring well on both sides means you have speed and control together, not just one. In selection, inhibition under pressure matters as much as raw reaction speed, because an expected action sometimes has to be stopped before it causes an error.
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